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Note 3 - Variable Interest Entities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Schedule of Variable Interest Entities [Table Text Block] |
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Current assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 7,164 |  |  | $ | 1,365 |
Contracts receivable, including retainage |  |  | 2,866 |  |  |  | 2,244 |
Other current assets |  |  | 1,214 |  |  |  | 419 |
Total current assets |  |  | 11,244 |  |  |  | 4,028 |
Property and equipment, net |  |  | 3,041 |  |  |  | 926 |
Goodwill |  |  | 1,501 |  |  |  | 1,541 |
Total assets |  | $ | 15,786 |  |  | $ | 6,495 |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable |  | $ | 4,627 |  |  | $ | 1,134 |
Other current liabilities |  |  | 6,283 |  |  |  | 2,323 |
Total current liabilities |  |  | 10,910 |  |  |  | 3,457 |
Long-term liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other long-term liabilities |  |  | -- |  |  |  | -- |
Total long-term liabilities |  |  | -- |  |  |  | -- |
Total liabilities |  | $ | 10,910 |  |  | $ | 3,457 |
Schedule of Condensed Income Statement [Table Text Block] |
|  | Years Ended December 31, |
|  |  | 2012 |  |  |  | 2011 |  |  |  | 2010 |
Total combined: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  | $ | 438,756 |  |  | $ | 440,085 |  |  | $ | 302,289 |
Income before tax |  | $ | 95,765 |  |  | $ | 46,683 |  |  | $ | 24,573 |
Sterling’s noncontrolling interest: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share of revenues |  | $ | 82,519 |  |  | $ | 62,763 |  |  | $ | 37,684 |
Share of income before tax |  | $ | 12,424 |  |  | $ | 6,417 |  |  | $ | 3,018 |
Myers [Member] |
Schedule of Condensed Income Statement [Table Text Block] |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  |  | Period from August 1, 2011 (the acquisition date) to December 31, 2011 |
Revenues |  | $ | 84,877 |  |  | $ | 7,153 |
Operating income |  |  | 2,152 |  |  |  | 531 |
Net income (loss) attributable to Sterling common stockholders |  |  | 694 |  |  |  | 170 |

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